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Course
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Compositing 3D into Video in Maya and Toxik
In this series of lessons we'll learn how to take the output from a motion tracker app into Maya, import a 3d model to light and render then jump into Toxik to composite it with our original footage. Software required: Maya 2010 and Toxik 2010 and up for project files.
What you'll learn
In this series of lessons we'll learn how to take the output from a motion tracker app into Maya, import a 3d model to light and render then jump into Toxik to composite it with our original footage. We'll begin this project by setting up our motion tracked scene by adding the original footage and aligning everything to make working easier. We'll then bring in our 3d object and learn how to place it in our scene. We'll then learn how to create ground geometry and match the lighting in our original shot. We'll then setup our scene with multiple render passes and layers to make compositing much easier. After we render, we'll jump into Toxik and learn about such topics as shadow matching, color matte usage and various techniques to match our 3d render with our live action back-plate. The end result of this course will be a final color corrected shot of our 3d object in real life. Software required: Maya 2010 and Toxik 2010 and up for project files.